The government in Budapest has ordered local councils not to increase local and municipal taxes next year. Further, according to the finance ministry local councils must not introduce any new tax. ​

An ideologically based justification for penalties flies in the face of European values and treaties – says Judit Varga, the Hungarian Justice Minister and laureate of the Guardian of Virtues award, in an interview with "Do Rzeczy" weekly ​

“This is extremely dangerous for Europe’s cohesion, it is a bad solution that threatens a breakup of Europe in the future,” Morawiecki told a news conference. With the veto “we are defending the unity of the union" – he added. ​

 Joint Declaration of the Prime Minister of Poland and the Prime Minister of Hungary

Here is a article by Viktor Orbán blocked by the Project Syndicate ( the Prime Minister's article has appeared on the Prime Minister's website instead of on an international platform). ​ Reply to the article by George Soros

"European Commission’s bureaucrats confirmed in writing. There is no definition of the rule of law in the European Union’s documents.

I am sorry that in perhaps Europe's best-known and most watched political program, in 24 minutes, it only got accusations based on well-known panels: CEU, civil law, index.hu, dying press freedom, etc .. On the other hand, I am glad that, through the interview, it became clear to many of our European friends that the Brussels narrative on the demolition of the rule of law is hypocrite and false - said Minister for Justice of Hungary at the latest BBC HARDTALK.    

In the debate on the rule of law, Mateusz Morawiecki and Viktor Orbán share the same position, and this determination may lead to a compromise at EU level – says Marek Kuchciński, MP of Law and Justice and former Speaker of the Sejm, the chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, in the interview with "Mandiner".                                                                                                  

The Hungarian justice minister gave an interview to the German  "Die Welt" (titled: „Sind wir das schwarze Schaf, weil wir keine Migration wollen?“ / "Are we the black sheep because we don't want migration?").  ​

Hungary's government proposed a constitutional amendment requiring children to be raised with a Christian interpretation of gender roles.                                                                                          ​

What matters today is that we get the European economy back on its feet and protect the people, leaving no room for political and ideological debates, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban tells on national Kossuth Rádió.  

The November 3 US presidential elections evoked a tide of articles that, at least in our shared Central European region, mostly focused on the possible consequence of a newcomer Biden administration for Poland or Hungary, both supporting a continuous Trump presidency.